Delete files older than data using a batch file

This post (see below) was taken from Scott’s blog and works for Vista/2003/2008, I am yet to find the cool solution for XP.

This problem has nagged at me for years. Here is a batch command to delete files on a Windows 2003 machine.

Forfiles -p c:ackup -s -m *.* -d -5 -c “cmd /c del /q @path”

This will delete all files in my backup directory older than 5 days. To test it first, use this:

Forfiles -p c:ackup -s -m *.* -d -5 -c “Cmd /C Echo 0x22@Path@File0x22”

Workarounds for XP users might be;
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/71600/jsi-tip-0274—delete-files-older-than-xx-days.html (but this require additional software to be ‘installed’).

Hmm the below seem to be some unix variant, but maybe something similar is possible in Windows.